Device



W. R. DALES.

HAT RETAINING DEWCE.

APPLICATION man mais, 191s.

1,305,694. Patented J une 3, 1919.

WILLIAM R. DALES, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-RETAINING DEVICE.

Application led March 26, 1918.

T0 all cli/0m t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. DALEs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hat-Retaining Devices, of which the following isa specication.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel, simple and eiiicienthat retaining device by means of which a hat may be held upon the headof the wearer thereof against the action of the wind and other' forcestending to displace it, and by means of which a cushioning effectbetween the hat and the head of the wearer may be produced so that thehat may be worn with ease and comfort.

With this and related objects in view, my invented device consists ofthe elements and the combinations of them hereinafter described andclaimed. Y

YIn the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention,

Figure l is a face view of my improved retaining device.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of a hat having the device applied thereto. Y Y

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the hat with the devicetherein, on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section through theV hat with the device therein,on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designate the body of a hat and 6 a sweatband which extends around the inside of the hat body yand has its loweredge portion attached thereto in the usual well known manner.

My retaining device is inserted between the hat body 5 and the sweatband 6, preferably at the front of the hat, and it is formed of a singlepiece of spring wire bent to bring its end portions adjacent to eachother and to form a loop, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

Included in the loop thus formed are upv per and lower spaced members 7and 8, respectively, and arms 9 which connect the members 7 and 8 at therespective ends thereof and which extend outwardly therefrom.

The members 7 land 8 have spaced bearing parts 10 and 11, respectively,and intermediate bearing parts 12 and 13, respectively. The spacedbearing parte 10 and 1l are adapted to engage the hat body 5, and theintermediate bearing parts 12 and 13 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1919. serial No. 224,739.

are adapted to engage the sweat band 6 v and hold it normally spacedfrom the hat body, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3; The arms 9 may restnormally in contact with both the hat body 5 and the sweat band 6.

The upper member 7 is formed by the lapping end portions of the wirewhich forms the device, the said end portions being twisted one aroundthe other, at 14, as illustrated, at the respective ends of the memberto connect the said end portions in a manner to permit them to slidelongitudinally relatively to each other for a purpose hereinafterexplained.

'.Ihe end portions of the wire terminate in pointed prongs 15 whichproject outwardly from the twisted portions 14 thereof and whichpenetrate the sweat band 6 and thus prevent displacement of the device.One prong 15 is made slightly longer than the other, so that when thedevice is applied to the sweat band Y6, the long prong 15 is firstprojected through the sweat band 6 and then the long prong is drawn backwhile the short prong 15 is projected through the sweat band. Thus theshort prong may be inserted without liability of withdrawing the longprong from engagement withV the sweatV banc.V The free ends of theprongs 15 are turned inwardly so as not to injure the head of thewearer.

When the device is in place in the hat, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 itis conned entirely between the hat body 5 and the sweat band 6,excepting the ends of the prongs 15 which hug the sweat band so closelythat the wearer of the device is not conscious of their presence.

The device may be readily applied to the hat by inserting it between thehat body 5 and the sweat band 6 and then inserting the prongs 15 intethe sweat band, as previously described; and the device may be readilyremoved from the hat when desired. by a reversal of this operation.

I/Vhen the device is applied to the hat as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and '4,and the hat is placed upon the head of the wearer, the central portionsof the members 7 and 8 are sprung from their normal position toward thehat body 5, and, afterward, as they tend to resume their normalposition, they press against the head of the wearer with' a cushioningeffect and prevent accidental displacement of the hat; and, in additionto this, they prevent the adjacent stii'l'I portion of the hat body frompressing against the forehead of the wearer and thus obviate thediscomfort otherwise occasioned thereby.

The springing of the members 7 and S toward the hat body tends to springthe free ends of the arms 9 inwardly in a manner to press the sweat band6 gently against the sides of the head of the wearer and thus assist inpreventing accidental displacement of the hat. YVhen the member 7 issprung inwardly, the lapping end portions of the wire forming it willyield by sliding longitudinally relatively to each other, as previouslymentioned.

The pressure of the head of the wearer against the members 7 and 8through the sweat band 6 forms a slight groove in that portion of thesweat band into which the forehead of the wearer may bulge slightly andthereby act as a means to prevent displacement of the hat. Further, theformation of this groove causes the sweat band to act as a suction cupto retain the hat in place as any force tends to accidentally displaceit.

The lower portions of the arms 9 are flared upwardly, as illustrated, topermit the device to easily adapt itself to the head when the hat isplaced thereon.

I claim:-

l. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto,of a spring retaining device inserted between the body of the hat andthe sweat band and having two spaced bearing parts engaging the body ofthe hat and a part intermediate said spaced bearing parts engaging thesweat band and held normally spaced from the hat body by said spacedbearing parts.

2. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto,of a spring retaining device inserted between the hat body and the sweatband and comprising two spaced members connected at their ends, eachmember having two spaced bearing parts engaging the body of the hat anda part intermediate said spaced bearing parts engaging the sweat bandand held normally spaced from the hat body by said spaced bearing parts.

3. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto,of a Copies of this patent may be obtained for spring retaining deviceinserted between the body of the hat and the sweat band and having twospaced bearing parts engaging the bot of the hat and a part intermediatesaid spaced bearing parts engaging the sweat band and held normallyspaced from the hat body by said spaced bearing parts, and having an armextending outwardly from one of said spaced bearing parts and adapted tobeY forced inwardly against the sweat band when said intermediatebearing part is pressed toward the hat body. A

The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto, ofa retaining device formed of a single piece of spring wire having itsend portions connected and being bent to form an open loop having twospaced members, each member having two spaced bearing parts engaging theand an intermediate bearsweat band and held the hat body by said body ofthe hat ing part engaging the normally spaced from spaced bearing parts.

5. The combination with a hat body haviig a sweat band attached thereto,of a retaining device formed of a single piece of spring wire having itsend portions slidably connected and being bent to form an open loophaving two spaced members, each Aiember having two spaced bearing partsengaging the body of the hat and an intermediate bearing part engagingthe sweat band and held normally spaced from the hat body by said spacedbearing parts.

6. rhe combination with a hat body havinn; a sweat band attachedthereto, of a retaining device formed of a single piece of spring wirehaving its end portionsv connected and being bent to form an open loophaving two spaced members, each member having two spaced bearing partsengaging the body of the hat and an intermediate earing part engagingthe lsweat band and held normally spaced from the hat body by saidspaced bearing parts, and said end portions of the wire terminating inprongs which face in dierent directions and penetrate the sweat band andhold the device in place.

In testimony whereof I amx my signature hereto.

WILLIAM R. DALES.

Washington, D. C.

